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Muhammad was born in the city of Mecca in 570 CE.
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Muhammad recieves a vision from the angel Gabriel in a cave near Mecca. The angel tells Muhammad that he is God's prophet.
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Muhammad and his followers leave Mecca and go to Yathrib to escape persecution in Mecca. This event marks the begining of the islamic calander
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Muhammad returns to Mecca with a large number of his followers. He enters the city peacefully, and eventually all its citizens accept Islam. The prophet clears the idols and images out of the Kaaba and rededicates it to the worship of only one God Allah.
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Muhammad died of a prolonged illness. The Muslim community elects his father in law and his close associate Abu Bakr as his successor.
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Muslims enter Egypt and cut of the Byzantine army. The Muslims consider their conquest a liberation of subjugated people
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Islam starts to spread throughout North africa
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Imam Ali is killed, bringing to an end the rule of the four "righteous caliphs": Abu Bakr, Umar, Uthman, and Ali. This also marks the beginning of the Umayyad rule.
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Muslims are defeated at Potiers in France by Charles Martel.
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Muslims enter Spain in the west and India in the east. Eventually almost the entire Iberian Peninsula is under Islamic control.
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The Abbasids take over rule from the Umayyads, shifting the seat of power to Baghdad.
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Islam continues to spread through the continent of Africa, including Nigeria, which served as a trading liaison between the northern and central regions of Africa
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Hasan-i Sabbah takes Alamut in the Persian mountains, the Assassin sect forms around him.
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European Crusaders take Jerusalem from the Muslims. Eventually Muslims defeat the Crusaders and regain control of the holy land.
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Islam continues to spread throughout Asia. Malaysian traders interact with Muslims who teach them about Islam.
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The earliest Ottoman state is formed in Anatolia, Turkey.
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Ottomans take control of the Balkans
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Ottomans conquer the Byzantine seat of Constantinople and change its name to Istanbul
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Isma'il claims to be the Hidden Imam and is proclaimed Shah (king) of Persia. Twelver Shi'ism becomes official religion of Persia.
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Reign of Suleyman the Magnificent; Ottoman Empire reaches its zenith. Hungary and coastlands of Algeria and Tunisia come under Ottoman rule.
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Venetians, Habsburgs, and Russians divide European Ottoman lands between them.
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Muhammad Abd al-Wahhab rejects Sufism and all innovation (bid'a). Founds what becomes the Saudi Arabian kingdom. Hindus regain power from Mughals in northern India.
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Muslims enter nirth Arabia which can also be known as "Sham"
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Al-Maʾmūn was born in Baghdad, on 15 September 786 CE to the Abbasid caliph Harun
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Reign of Harun ar-Rashid, best known through the stories of The Thousand and One Nights.